Justin Wong

Just finished watching the most epic Street Fighter IV contest that I’ve seen in a while. It was a rematch of the round robin exhibition back in April. It was New York’s Justin Wong against the legendary champ from Japan Daigo Umehara.

After three days worth of matches, it came down to these two, and the championship contest didn’t disappoint. To start it off, Wong picked Abel after having his Rufus beaten handily in their past matchup.

Playing what the announcers called a fairly basic Balrog, he seemed to catch Umehara off-guard. Wong posted a 3-2 win to reset the match. Wong was in the loser’s bracket and Umehara was in the winner’s bracket in this double elimination tournament.

Justin Wong. Justin Wong, one of the best Street Fighter players in America, beat out Mike Ross in the national finals. The match was Wong’s Rufus against Ross’ E. Honda.

Wong won it pretty handily despite getting pummeled by an Oicho Throw or two. It was a good match, but the best was yet to come when Wong faced the Korean National Champ Poongko, Japanese National Champ Iyo and the living legend Daigo Umehara.

Iyo and Umehara had a particularly memorable match. Iyo’s Dhalism was amazing against Umehara’s Ryu. The match went the distance with a couple of close calls in the middle. It was some amazing stuff.